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'It is provided by the same section that there shall be affixed at the
entrance of a factory or workshop, and in such other parts thereof as
a Factory Inspector may direct, a notice "in the prescribed form,"
specifying the number of persons who may be employed in each room
of the factory or workshop by virtue of Section 1 (1). This provision
will facilitate the discharge of the duty of the Sanitary Authority by
enabling the Inspector to see at a glance whether a workroom is overcrowded.
'The Factory Inspector will supply the "form," and it will be the
duty of the occupier of the workshop to affix it in the proper place or
places, and to keep it so affixed.
'The said notice will have to be affixed in a laundry as if it "was
a workshop."
'Contravention of this section involves a penalty not exceeding
forty shillings.
'Limewashing.—It is the duty of the Sanitary Authority to serve
a notice on the owner or occupier of a workshop if it appears to them,
on the certificate of their Medical Officer of Health or Sanitary
Inspector, that the limewashing, cleansing, or purifying of the
"workshop" is necessary for the health of the persons employed therein.
The fine for non-compliance with the notice is a sum not exceeding
five pounds, and a continuing fine of ten shillings a day for default
after conviction. The Sanitary Authority, moreover, may cause the
necessary work to be done at the cost of the defaulting owner or
occupier. It will be remembered that by Section 2 of the Public
Health (London) Act. 1891, already cited, a workshop not kept in a
cleanly state is a nuisance "liable to be dealt with summarily under
this Act."
'Bakehouses.—The Sanitary Authority is the "local authority"
in respect to bakehouses, which are workshops within the meaning of
Sections 34, 35 and 81, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, which
it is the duty of the Sanitary Authority to enforce. These sections
relate to cleanliness, ventilation, and other sanitary conditions. The
general requirements of the law in respect to bakehouses may be
summarised as follows:—
The walls and ceilings of the bakehouse must be painted in
oil or varnished every seven years, and washed with hot water
and soap every six months, or be limewashed every six months.
Special restrictions are to be enforced with respect to any
place on a level with the bakehouse used as a sleeping place.
Do. sub-sec, (3)
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1895, sec- 22 (Iv.)
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1878, sec. 78.
Public Health
(London) Act,
1891. sec. 25.
Compare Factory
and Workshop
Act, 1878,
sec. 3 (2).
Factory and
Workshop Act,
1878. sees. 34-35
and 81, amended
bv Factory and
Workshop Act,
1895, sec. 27.
Public Health
(London) Act,
1891, sec. 26.